What is your Electric Bill PGE?

[reev]

$250 in winter & $150 in summer. The tank is about 135G DT + 40G sump, kept at 76, running 120x3W LEDs, Mag12, Sedra 5000 for skimmer, 2 MP40s.

I also have a plugin hybrid Volt that I charge every night. House thermostat is between 65-68. When I checked the PG&E usage, beside the car charging, the big spikes were from my laundry washer/dryer.

I am still paying a flat rate throughout the day for PG&E, I'm thinking to switch to a time-of-use rate for plugin hybrids and see if it sames me a good amount.

 

[blacktangs]

$200-250. Led ftw

 

[dknydiep]

hmm I do have AI vega's already. This setup has been up for a while now, just in the last 2-3 months, the bill has gone up by at least $120-200. I thought it was the heater, but from what you guys are saying, that's probably not the case.

 

[scuzy]

the pc part part aobut 700watt ps only menas if you are running 24/7 at full load but yeah any bit of energy running 24/7 will be high up there since having a reef tank i am always at tier4

 

[Akrite]

Mine doubled last month because if my wife's space heater. I also lower my temp to 75-76 degrees in the winter

 

[SWBeginer]

180$ with a 90g

 

[Mark SF]

1 Bedroom APT in SF.

75G Tank with LED/ T5 hybrid. $90.00/month.
We do have steam heating for the apt so we save money not paying for heat.
I also force my GF to turn off all the lights and she is ALMOST there...

-Mark

 

[HiFidelity]

is it just me or does energy cost more in the bay area? I could swear electricity and specially gas was way cheaper in socal. I've never lived in a city where gas cost more than electricity till I moved to the bay...

anyway, I'm paying $200 in the summer & $300+ in the winter, seems the heater does the most damage....

I did some math comparing 2 years bills and averaged the difference over several months between one year with no tank & the next year with 40g tank (150mh + 2x24 T5s at the time) & according to my calculations my bill went up an average of $15 a month after the tank moved in. I just switched to LED so I'll be making the same calculations in a few months.

 

[bigdawg22164]

$200